"Is that guy... sick in the head?"
Colonel Smoker watched the Moke pirate ship gradually sail away, his face dark.
That bastard had brazenly sailed a pirate ship into his territory and expected him to entertain him?
What did he take this place for?
He was a Marine Colonel, for crying out loud!
"Ehahaha~" Hearing her superior, Tashigi gave an awkward laugh and said, "Colonel Xia Che... he's on vacation, after all. It's normal for him to relax a little."
"Vacation? Taking a pirate ship on vacation?" Smoker shot his adjutant a sidelong glance, flicking the ash from his cigar as he said expressionlessly, "That guy's caused plenty of trouble lately!"
The Alabasta Incident, the Drum Kingdom Incident.
If that guy hadn't told him to submit the intelligence to Marine Headquarters, he probably still wouldn't have known that the bastard had gone to the Grand Line during this time.
And...
He had supposedly gone sightseeing while on vacation?!
At that thought, Smoker's expression turned strange. He could not help recalling how Marine Headquarters had asked him about the East Blue Overlord.
That kind of scum had actually received Marine Headquarters' recognition and been called a law-abiding Marine branch colonel!
What the hell!
"Forget it. Good riddance!" Smoker removed the cigar from his mouth, his face returning to its usual blank expression. Looking at his adjutant—Tashigi—he asked flatly, "How did the investigation into the God Valley Incident go?"
"Following your instructions, I've been investigating it in secret, but I didn't gain much. All the information matches what we already knew." When Colonel Smoker brought up the matter, Tashigi's awkward smile vanished. She pushed up her glasses and said solemnly, "The Rocks Pirates nearly destroyed the seas. Vice Admiral Garp saved the Celestial Dragons and the Marines, and was awarded the title